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Ken > On Jun 20, 2024, at 19:13, Ron Barbish via Users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you using a cut rate programming cable? Following the power/plug > sequence. Four radios, two Baofeng HTs. CHIRP on PC and Linux on > Chromebook. No problems. > >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 9:51 AM Christopher Knowles via Users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have religiously used CHIRP on my HTs (all Baofeng (5-watt, >> 8-watt, and 10-watt)) since I got my Technician license in May 2018 at >> the age of 68. I got my General in July and my Extra in October. I >> also got my Volunteer Examiner certification in October. After my HTs, >> I bought a 25-watt Lexien "mobile" as my base station and then moved up >> to a 50-watt BTECH UV-50X2 mobile. There are features in some of these >> radios that can, for all intents and purposes, only be accessed with >> CHIRP. It's the greatest! >> >> 73s, >> >> Christopher Knowles, WD1E >> >> >>> On 6/20/2024 11:58 AM, Ken Hansen via Users wrote: >>> Gary, >>> >>> I'm not sure what's going on with your particular setup, but CHIRP >> allows countless thousands of happy users to successfully program their >> radios from a wide variety of manufacturers. >>> >>> Jim's response to your earlier email described how Baofengs operate >> inside the radio, and how CHIRP takes the users inputs from its spreadsheet >> interface and properly populates the radio. >>> >>> If you take your GT-5R and read its current contents into CHIRP, are the >> channels explained directly or not? >>> >>> If you save that data off to your HD, then create a brand new setup, >> importing from repeaterbook or manually entering several repeater >> frequencies into CHIRP then writing them to the radio, do they display/work >> as you expect in the radio? >>> >>> Assuming your radio is properly programmed, the average Baofeng has >> decent range (handful of miles) to a repeater when the HT is on the OEM >> antenna. If you upgrade to a better antenna (say a SignalStik or a >> Diamond/Nagoya antenna) you should have better luck hitting repeaters a bit >> further out compared to the OEM antenna. >>> >>> In my experience, Baofengs are good for nearby repeaters and allstar >> nodes, but quite challenging to use simplex (no repeater) in an urban area >> (I learned this at a recent parade where the team decided to try 2m >> simplex, and I couldn't hear most of the stations along the parade from my >> parade route location). >>> >>> Other, major brand, HTs will undoubtedly perform better, but most HTs >> come with antennas designed to fit in the box, not to maximize the >> performance of the radio in the box. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Ken, N2VIP >>> >>>> On Jun 19, 2024, at 09:36, Gary via Users <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> After much deliberation, I have to ask an honest question: what is the >>>> purpose of Chirp? To be fair, all I have been using it for is my 2 >>>> Baofengs. I have a Wouxun KG-Q10H, but use its own programming software >> so >>>> far because Chirp hasn’t picked it up yet. But if hooking up my ‘Fengs >> to >>>> Chirp does nothing more than populate a channel list with freqs, or >> change >>>> the messages, maybe you can explain what Chirp really does, what it’s >>>> useful for. What are memories for if they can’t be programmed with >> Chirp? >>>> Why are the other settings there? >>>> >>>> It seems to me that, at least with Baofengs, Chirp is only useful for >>>> loading the radio with a list of downloaded repeaters…after that, each >>>> channel has to be manually “tuned” in VFO mode in order to process the >> tone >>>> and split, at least. The memory list is just there for look-up. Am I >>>> missing something here? >>>> >>>> And the radios themselves seem to forget, or change even the manual >>>> settings. I have no idea on how to make individual frequency settings >> stay >>>> after programming them. In Memory mode, in VFO mode, nothing stays as it >>>> was set. >>>> >>>> I guess it’s time to throw these junkers in the trash and actually spend >>>> some $$ on a real radio. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> -= N4YVN =- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >> https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] >>> To report this email as off-topic, please email >> [email protected] >>> List archives: >> https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ >> >> -- >> Christopher Allan Knowles, MPA >> P.O. 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